Study: How do you weigh a galaxy? Especially the one you’re in? —
Pinning down the mass of a galaxy may seem like an esoteric undertaking, but scientists think it holds the key to unraveling the...
Study: Findings have important implications for educational practices —
Spending more years in full time education is associated with a greater risk of developing short-sightedness (myopia), finds a study published by The...
Study: Deadly behavior-modifying weapon identified in insect-world chemical arms race —
Scientists probing one of the mysteries of the insect world have identified a powerful chemical weapon used in the arms race between fungus-farming...
Study: The harvest of aquatic mammals for bait is widespread globally, but most common...
Important new research released ahead of World Oceans Day exposes the widespread practice of killing aquatic mammals such as dolphins, sea lions, seals...
Study: Astronomers find a galaxy unchanged since the early universe —
There is a calculation suggesting that only one in a thousand massive galaxies is a relic of the early universe, conserving intact the...
Study: Researchers investigate how the blue-tongued skink uses a full-tongue display to deter attacking...
When attacked, bluetongue skinks open their mouth suddenly and as wide as possible to reveal their conspicuously coloured tongues. This surprise action serves...
Study: Scientists use 4D scanning to predict behavior of volcanoes —
Scientists are using the latest in 4D technology to predict the behaviour of lava flows and its implications for volcanic eruptions.
The results explain...
Study: System with three Earth-sized planets discovered —
The information about these new exoplanets has been obtained from the data collected by the K2 mission of NASA's Kepler satellite, which started...
Study: Multiple alkali metals in unique exoplanet —
The extrasolar planet WASP-127b is one of the least dense exoplanets ever found. It has a radius 1.4 times greater than Jupiter, but...
Study: The disc of the Milky Way is bigger than we thought —
Spiral galaxies such as the Milky Way have discs which are really thin, in which the major fraction of their stars are found....
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Hey ISIS, You Suck: Local Muslims Post Anti-ISIS Billboard
A new billboard on Manchester Road in Missouri reads, "HEY ISIS, YOU SUCK!!! From: #ActualMuslims."
A group of Muslim-Americans have put up a blunt billboard...
